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GENERAL CULTURE
LEARNING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY

What is photography?

Photography is called a technique and an art form that consist of capturing images
using light, projecting it and fixing it in the form of images on a sensitive medium
(physical or digital).

The whole photograph is based on the same principle of the "dark camera", an
optical instrument consisting of a completely dark compartment with a small hole
at one end, through which the light enters and projects on the darkened
background. images of what happens outside the compartment, although inverted.

In the case of cameras, the principle is exactly the same, except that they are
equipped with lenses to refine the focus of the projected, mirrors to reinvest the
projected image and finally a photosensitive tape (or a similar digital sensor), which
it captures the image and saves it, so that it can then be revealed or viewed
digitally.

The images obtained in this way are also called photographs or photos and are
the result of decades of refinement of the technique and photosensitive materials,
until the optical quality of modern cameras is achieved. In addition, this technology
allowed the development and improvement of other similar ones, including
cinematography.

Characteristics of the photography

Photography consists in converting the light of a given moment into a physical

impression of the visible through the camera. In that sense, it is fixed (lacks
movement), is ineditable (except through digital resources) and is durable over
time, although over the years its materials lose quality and therefore image
sharpness.

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Types of photography

According to its claims and the nature of the photographed object, we can talk
about:

Advertising photography.
That which serves as advertising or promotion to consumer products, whatever
they may be. It is often the subject of digital interventions and other types of
strategic "corrections."

Fashion photography.
That which accompanies fashion shows and other fashion events, emphasizing
the way of dressing or wearing or combing your hair.

Documentary photography.
Also called historical or journalistic, it is done for informational or pedagogical
purposes, that is, as part of the transmission of a message.
Landscape photography. That which is taken to exhibit nature in its fullness, such
as aerial or underwater shots, usually very open and full of color.

Scientific photography.
The one that the students of the nature take through telescopes, microscopes and
other tools, to show what commonly cannot be observed with the naked eye.
Artistic photography. The one that pursues aesthetic purposes: portraits,
montages, compositions, etc.

Night photography.
Night photography is a very recurring technique. The ideal moments to perform
this type of photography are dusk and dawn. We leave you the post we made on
night photography so that you learn all the technique that you must carry out to
obtain good results.

Why it is important?
Photography revolutionized humanity forever. The possibility of capturing images
quickly and efficiently, and then being able to recover and display them, meant a
change in what until its appearance was considered information, the look and even
the truth.

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The presence of the cameras, which even now we carry on our cell phones,
allowed us to immortalize all kinds of events. In addition to being able to share
these images with friends or strangers, it also allows you to report events that
otherwise would not have left any evidence.

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